JUST THE FACTS MAM!
Posted on 05/07/2006 12:25:53 PM PDT by oxcart
UFO study finds no sign of aliens Mark Simpson BBC News
The 400-page report was kept secret for six years Alleged UFO sightings A confidential Ministry of Defence report on Unidentified Flying Objects has concluded that there is no proof of alien life forms. In spite of the secrecy surrounding the UFO study, it seems citizens of planet Earth have little to worry about.
The report, which was completed in 2000 and stamped "Secret: UK Eyes Only", has been made public for the first time.
Only a small number of copies were produced and the identity of the man who wrote it has been protected.
His findings were only made public thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, after a request by Sheffield Hallam University academic Dr David Clarke.
The four-year study - entitled Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in the UK - tackles the long-running question by UFO-spotters: "Is anyone out there?"
The answer, it seems, is "no".
HAVE YOUR SAY Never in thirty years of working out of doors at all hours have I seen anything that cannot be explained by a few seconds reasoned thought Barry P, Havant, UK
The 400-page report puts it like this: "No evidence exists to suggest that the phenomena seen are hostile or under any type of control, other than that of natural physical forces."
It adds: "There is no evidence that 'solid' objects exist which could cause a collision hazard."
So if there are no such things as little green men in spaceships or flying saucers, why have so many people reported seeing them?
Well, here is the science bit.
"Evidence suggests that meteors and their well-known effects and, possibly some other less-known effects are responsible for some unidentified aerial phenomena," concludes the report.
"Considerable evidence exists to support the thesis that the events are almost certainly attributable to physical, electrical and magnetic phenomena in the atmosphere, mesosphere and ionosphere.
"They appear to originate due to more than one set of weather and electrically-charged conditions and are observed so infrequently as to make them unique to the majority of observers."
People who claim to have had a "close encounter" are often difficult to persuade that they did not really see what they thought they saw. The report offers a possible medical explanation.
"The close proximity of plasma related fields can adversely affect a vehicle or person," states the report.
"Local fields of this type have been medically proven to cause responses in the temporal lobes of the human brain. These result in the observer sustaining (and later describing and retaining) his or her own vivid, but mainly incorrect, description of what is experienced."
There are, of course, other causes of UFOs - aeroplanes with particularly bright lights, stray odd-shaped balloons and strange flocks of birds, to name but a few.
Yet, it will be difficult to convince everyone that there is a rational explanation for all mysterious movements in the sky.
Some UFO-spotters believe governments will always cover up the truth about UFOs, because they are afraid of admitting that there is something beyond their control.
It is not clear how much time and effort the MoD has spent looking at the skies in recent years, but it appears there are no plans for an in-depth UFO report like the one written in 2000.
A MoD spokesperson said: "Both this study and the original "Flying Saucer Working Party" [already in public domain in the national Archives] concluded that there is insufficient evidence to indicate the presence of any genuine unidentified aerial phenomena.
"It is unlikely that we would carry out any future studies unless such evidence were to emerge."
Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/4981720.stm
Published: 2006/05/07 12:35:27 GMT
© BBC MMVI
JUST THE FACTS MAM!
Well, at least the government is consistent.
I liked that show a lot.
I'm sure that you meant "mooning while walking."
"Hellooo? Hellooo?"
Some one uncoverd som bureaucratic busy work. I guess that's happened before.
uhhhh. OK.
I think.
Yes, of course!
:-)
Fine, but the TWA 800 did not shoot up like a missile after it blew up, imitating the missile that actually did blow it up.
"Not funny, honey. I saw what I saw and it wasn't a terrestrial aircraft like any in existence today."
Freeper 'ASA Vet' saw something very similar while with several other intelligence personnel with good clearance. If you're lucky, he'll tell you about it.
Didn't you see the Roswell Report a few years ago? I thought to myself when I saw it that some DoD technical writer or whoever put it together had too much time on his hands...
If I freepmail him, would you think so? It was an interesting phenomenon. And I'm a writer, but not regarding UFOs.
I happen to also believe in Angels ... you don't want to know why. They exist in some where/when that we haven't a clue on the physics involved. I would compare our current level of physics understanding to 'what would a Renaissance experimenter make of an atomic clock' ... the fundamentals wouldn't allow him/her to even guess at the functioning beyond keeping 'time'.
Reconsider: if a technology grasps dimension time sufficiently to move 'around the corners', they're not restricted by the light speed limit of our current physics.
May she RIP.
I hope that witchcraft she was practicing was through and that she found God again before her passing.
Um, isn't the lady with Art in the picture his new wife?
That is he and a new wife? Wow, he looks better than he has in years and I thought that was a picture of he and the one that passed away from years ago.
Nice to know the guy can go from almost killing himself over her death to a replacement in just a few months.
Is this one also a witch?
I'm not addressing the 'witch' question. And I'm not certain the woman is his new wife but his hair color may be artificial if it is.
I just went to the Coast to Coast website and this is a new wife.
From ready to commit suicide to getting a much newer model in near record time.
We'll find out if she is a witch at some time.
He appeared to go to the same area to get a woman again.
Among the land of mail order brides it looks like.
Well, if it stops depression and if he treats her well, best of luck to him.
She is young enough to pop out ten kids if he wants them.
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